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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2000.

(3)

In these Regulations—

  • “client” includes, except where the context otherwise requires, a person who—

    1. (a)

      has instructed the legal representative to provide the advocacy or litigation services to which the conditional fee agreement relates, or

    2. (b)

      is liable to pay the legal representative’s fees in respect of those services; and

  • “legal representative” means the person providing the advocacy or litigation services to which the conditional fee agreement relates.